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A. Angerhofer an3 at physik.uni-stuttgart.de
Tue Jun 14 05:07:03 EST 1994


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>From:           sl061 at cc.usu.edu (Roger Burger)
Subject:        virus alert
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---------- >                         INTERNET VIRUS ALERT
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>     A virus has been discovered on the Internet that is disguised as CD-ROM
>shareware.  Unknown hackers have illegally put the Chinon name on the
>destructive shareware file and released it on the Internet.  This catastrophic
>virus is named "CD-IT" -- DO NO DOWNLOAD.  IT WILL CORRPUPT YOUR HARD DRIVE.
>The program allegedly a shareware PC utility that will convert an ordinary
>CD-ROM drive in to a CD-Recordable (CD-R) device, which is technically
>impossible, instead destroys critical system files on a user's hard drive.
>The program also immediately crashes the CPU, forces the
>user to reboot and stays in memory.  Widest dissemination
>is requested.
>



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